Bandstand Live

Chicago's live jazz scene, one place. Every set at the Green Mill, Andy's, Jazz Showcase, Winter's, Constellation, and beyond — hand-picked nightly. Never auto-listed.

Chicago's live jazz scene is deep — 30 to 100 shows on any given night, spread across the Green Mill, the Jazz Showcase, Andy's, Constellation, Winter's, Fulton Street Collective, and rooms all over the city. Until now, there was nowhere to see it all in one place.

Bandstand fixes that. Every show is reviewed by a human, every venue is verified, and one show per day gets the editor's pick. No auto-listed cover bands, no aggregator noise, no filler.

WHY BANDSTAND Chicago has one of the deepest jazz scenes in the country. But if you've ever tried to find out who's playing tonight, you know the standard tools don't cut it — venue calendars scattered across a dozen websites, aggregators that treat a Marquis Hill album release the same as a wedding-band happy hour. Bandstand is built by someone who actually goes to the shows and knows the difference.

WHAT'S INSIDE • Tonight's shows, city-wide — a single, human-curated list of every live jazz set in Chicago, updated daily • The editor's pick — one show per day flagged as the one to catch • Precise set times — two-set, three-set, and late-night shows called out down to the minute • Venue guides — the Green Mill, Andy's, the Jazz Showcase, Constellation, Winter's, and every room in between, with maps, cover, and phone number • Artist pages — short, grounded biographies plus Spotify and Apple Music links so you can preview before you go • My Nights — save shows, sync them to your calendar with one tap, never lose a night • Editor's Pick and Week Ahead push alerts — opt in for the shows you'd hate to miss

WHO IT'S FOR Chicago jazz regulars who want to spend less time researching and more time listening. Visitors who want to hit the real rooms, not the tourist traps. Anyone who cares that the trumpet player on the bandstand tonight came out of the Von Freeman lineage — and wants an app that knows it too.

HOW WE STAY INDEPENDENT Bandstand is free. No ads. No paywall. No data resold to marketers. Sign in with Apple, Google, or a one-time email code — that's it. If you want to help keep the app running, you can leave a one-time tip. Tips don't unlock anything in the app — they just keep the lights on.

WHAT WE DON'T DO No cross-app tracking. No location tracking. No microphone or camera access. No selling your data to anyone, ever.

Download Bandstand and see what's happening in Chicago tonight.